fbpx

Man Killed While Standing on Highway 35 Identified

By Beacon Staff

POLSON – Lake County authorities Thursday identified a man struck and killed on state Highway 35, a few miles north of Finley Point on Flathead Lake.

The victim was 36-year-old William Yarck.

Authorities say Yarck had addresses in Polson, Pablo, Havre and Miles City.

Yarck was struck about 10 p.m. Monday. A husband and wife traveling in a Jeep struck Yarck and immediately reported it to emergency dispatchers.

Yarck was dead at the scene. It was undetermined why he was in the roadway.

A Lake County coroner and sheriffs deputy, Tony Buff, has ruled the death an accident.

Stay Connected with the Daily Roundup.

Sign up for our newsletter and get the best of the Beacon delivered every day to your inbox.